A wounded man is taken to hospital by health workers after the Russian army carried out airstrikes on residential areas in Aleppo, Syria, this week, killing over 200 civilians. (Photo by Beha el halebi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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US News
Twenty Arrested at Trump Protest Rally
Police arrested approximately 20 people as protests turned violent outside a Donald Trump rally in Costa Mesa, California, on Thursday night. Protesters threw rocks at cars, smashed a police cruiser window, punctured tires and blocked traffic while chanting anti-Trump slogans. Cops on horses eventually dispersed the crowd. —ABC News
US Citizen Jailed by North Korea
Kim Dong-chul, a naturalized US citizen, has been sentenced by North Korea to ten years of hard labor for spying and subversion. North Korea's state news agency said the 62-year-old admitted spying for the US government, having been arrested while receiving a USB stick containing military secrets from a source. —USA Today
Pentagon Disciplines 16 Over Deadly Afghan Hospital Bombing
The Pentagon has disciplined 16 service members for their role in an airstrike on the hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 42 people, but no one will face criminal charges. Only one officer was suspended from command. A military report determined US forces mistook the hospital for a Taliban compound. —Los Angeles Times
First Commercial Zika Virus Test Gets Approval
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted authorization for the US's first commercial test to diagnose the Zika virus. The test, developed by Quest Diagnostics, costs $500 and uses the same method government labs use to identify the virus in a patient's blood. —NBC News
International News
At Least 202 Civilians in Aleppo Dead as Shelling Resumes
Government air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo have killed 123 civilians including 18 children during the past seven days, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. At least 71 civilians, including 13 children, were killed by rebel shelling into government-held areas of Aleppo during the same period. —Reuters
South African Judge Orders Review of Zuma Corruption Case
A South African High Court judge has approved a review of the 2009 decision to drop hundreds of corruption charges against President Zuma. The ruling, by Judge Aubrey Ledabwa, opens the door for the corruption charges against Zuma to be reinstated. —BBC News
Asylum Seeker Dies After Self-Immolation
An Iranian asylum seeker who set himself on fire at Australia's detention camp on the island of Nauru has died. The 23-year-old man was first treated at Nauru Hospital before being flown to Brisbane, Australia, where he died in hospital this morning. His actions were a "political protest", said the Nauruan government.—CNN
French Protesters Clash with Police Over Labor Reforms
Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of Paris while protesting proposed labor reforms that threaten workers' rights in France. In the city of Nantes, police fired tear gas at protesters, while in Le Havre, dockworkers blocked the main roads into the city with barricades of burning tires. —Al Jazeera
Drake, who dropped a new album today. Photo via YouTube.
Everything Else
Drake Drops All-Star New Album
Rihanna, Future, Pimp C, WizKid, Popcaan, and Partynextdoor all appear on the new Drake album Views, which is released today. Kanye West and Boi-1da were enlisted as producers. —Noisey
John Boehner Thinks Ted Cruz Is 'Lucifer'
The former Speaker of the House described Senator Cruz as "Lucifer in the flesh." He told a group at Stanford University students: "I have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life." —The Stanford Daily
White Powder Sent to Trump Tower
Police have launched an investigation after suspicious white powder was discovered inside an envelope in the fifth floor mailroom of New York's Trump Tower. Three Trump staffers were evaluated as a precaution. —ABC News
Man in Animal Onesie Shot by Cops
Baltimore police said they shot and wounded a man wearing an animal costume after he threatened to blow up a local television station with a device later found to be chocolate wrapped in aluminum foil. —VICE
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